Patricia Hofer

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Patricia Hofer ended her high school teaching career in the early 1980’s and found her way to Boston for a job with a publisher. Besides learning to research and edit, she eventually had several articles published. After returning to Arizona, she taught freshman English and technical writing at Glendale Community College. Hofer is now retired and living in the lovely mountain town of Payson, AZ. She is currently at work on her seventh book.

“a child’s heart but a grown up’s head”

CS Lewis wrote: “Christ never meant that we were to remain children in intelligence: on the contrary, He told us to be not only ‘as harmless as doves,’ but also ‘as wise as serpents.’ He wants a child’s heart but a grown up’s head.” (Mere Christianity 61). Some believers today, however, seem to have the impression that using human intelligence to understand what Jesus said is somehow less Christian. Yet it seems to me that… Continue reading